After rewarding the meritorious soldiers, Zhu Youhua was not in a hurry to return to Beijing, he planned to put the more than 20,000 troops in order first, and then said, it is already December, Jiannu is about to pour his army south, and one more strength will have a better chance of winning, and the more than 20,000 troops are not bad, most of them are veterans who have been on the battlefield for a long time. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info

In fact, in the original history, after they surrendered to the Tartars, they immediately became the main force of the southern invasion, and played an immeasurable role in the occupation of the south by the Tartars.

"Minister, the secretary of the military department and the imperial history of the right capital, the governor of Jiangbei military affairs and the management of food and salary, blocking Yinxi."

"Minister, the secretary of the military department and the imperial history of the right capital, the governor of Jiangxi, Huguang Zhu Dadian." (Zhu Dadian's official was originally a squire of the third-grade military department, and at this moment he has been promoted to the second-grade military department for meritorious service.) ）

"Knock on my emperor, long live, long live, long live."

"The two Aiqing don't need to be polite, get up quickly, come here, and show the two Aiqing.

"Thank you, Your Majesty."

Du Yinxi and Zhu Dadian respectfully sat on the embroidered pier given by the emperor and listened to the hadith.

After the greetings, Zhu Youhua did not talk straight to the point about the reorganization and surrender of the army, but first told them an important military report.

"Since the rebellion against thieves, these days, the eastern captives in the north have moved frequently, taking advantage of the emptiness of Jiangbei's defense, several times into the prefectures and counties of Jiangbei, Henan, and Shandong, and a generation of troops have been increasing day by day, and there is a great intention of dumping troops to the south.

"This is known to the minister." Although he is now temporarily guarding Anqing to assist the pro-conquest army to quell the rebellion, he still has not relaxed his control over Jiangbei, and he will check the military reports about Jiangbei as soon as possible, issue Jun orders at any time, and remotely command Jiangbei defense. All the military intelligence about Jiangbei that the emperor could know, he also knew most of it.

Zhu Youhua nodded, and said: "Jiangbei military towns are numerous, there are many arrogant people, the governor's orders are not good, and the officials are corrupt, the people's livelihood is poor, and the situation is not optimistic. If you don't rectify it well, I'm afraid that as soon as 100,000 captives arrive, it will be a collapse immediately! ”

"Your Majesty's hole is like a candle flame, it is the incompetence of the ministers, and there is a negative grace." Du Yinxi hurriedly got up and kowtowed in fear.

Zhu Youhua waved his hand to signal him to get up, and said with relief: "The chaotic situation in Jiangbei has been going on for a long time, and the responsibility does not lie with Qing, Aiqing does not have to blame himself." Now that Mr. Shi has been recruited into the southern capital, Qing is the new governor of Jiangbei, and in the future, the secretary can decide the important military and political affairs of Jiangbei in a word, and there will be no worries about constraints. ”

"Thank you, Your Majesty, for your trust."

After knocking his head three times, he got up and sat back in his place.

"I summoned the two Aiqing over this time, mainly to discuss with the two Aiqing how to deal with those soldiers and generals."

Governor Zhu Dadian has made great contributions in the counterinsurgency, he is the protagonist, he has the most say in the strategy of dealing with the rebels, and Zhu Dadian is as new as he is, and the future prospects are also unlimited, he is not good at stealing the limelight of this new favorite minister, so he decided to give Zhu Dadian the opportunity to perform.

Zhu Dadian saw that he secretly made a gesture of please, and he was already clear in his heart, so he no longer humbled himself, so he let go and said: "Back to Your Majesty, there are eight battalion leaders on the left, with a total of more than 27,400 soldiers, which were originally led by the commander-in-chief Xu Yong, Jin Shenghuan, Ma Jinzhong and others. Among them, Xu Yong, Wu Xueli, Zhang Yingxiang, Xu Yuxian and other departments are the descendants of the left rebellion, with more than 9,400 soldiers; Ma Jinzhong, Jin Shenghuan, Wang Deren and other leaders of the Shaanxi battalions were regarded as partial branches, with more than 18,000 soldiers.

More than 20,000 soldiers are the essence of the left part, and they are quite powerful. But they are not subordinate to each other, and they are just used by the imperial court. The ideas of the ministers should be divided into parts. Now they are lost dogs, if they are handled properly...... Zhu Dadian slowed down and said, "In the future, when I resist the easterners going south, it may be a great help!" ”

Zhu Youhua snorted: "Those prisoners who surrendered to the army, if the imperial court can use them, it is the best, they can't be used, and they can't be allowed to flee to the east and be used by the enemy."

These remnants of the left have repeatedly committed robber acts, and the military discipline is very poor, but fortunately, they have all become prisoners now, and life and death have been in the hands of the imperial court, and it may not be impossible to strictly control them.

When it comes to the fundamentals, it is still food, and if the food and salary are sufficient, it will be much more convenient to control it. Therefore, the food and salary of these soldiers will definitely be given by the household department in the future, of course, the standard must be lowered to the first class of the central imperial camp and pro-army!

In fact, I had already thought about these things in advance, but there were a few joints that I was a little unsure of for a while, so I didn't make a decision. The two Aiqing are here, just to ask for advice! ”

"Your Majesty! The ministers must know that there is no end to what they say! ”

"First, I plan to disassemble those battalion heads, and break up the new army mixed with the two Aiqing's supervising battalions, especially the original left-wing branches, which must be completely dismembered, and cannot let the generals hold together.

There are many elite veterans in the left rebellion, and the combat power is very considerable, and the two Aiqing's superintendent battalions can be greatly expanded, and each person can build two battalion heads, each counting 6,000 soldiers and horses. In this way, the more than 9,000 left descendants can be digested.

The remaining 18,000 Shaanxi generals were divided into six battalions, each with 3,000 men and horses, under the command of the generals Xu Huideng, Daniel Zhang, Ma Shixiu, Ma Jinzhong, Jin Shengheng, and Wang Deren. ”

When Du Yinxi and Zhu Dadian heard this, they stroked their beards and bowed their heads frequently, obviously agreeing with the emperor's arrangement.

"The other is their family." Zhu Youhua counted with his fingers: "Although there are less than 30,000 soldiers, there are 60,000 or 70,000 family members in his family, and these 60,000 or 70,000 family members feel the need to settle them well."

To put it mildly, these pawns are the remnants of the left after all, they have had a rebellious deed, and one day they will be ministers in the same hall, and they will definitely have some suspicion and estrangement with each other, and they will definitely pay attention to them, although their combat power is far less than that of the Manmeng Eight Banners, but it cannot be ignored, if the critical time, they turn against the slaves again, the consequences will be very serious!

Therefore, it is far from enough to rely solely on food and salary, mixed sand and sand, and dispatch the imperial camp to supervise and check and balance, etc., and the imperial court cannot do without the means to hold their vital points.

And their families are where the key lies in.

In the month before last, Donglin rebelled against the party, and the imperial court raided the house according to the system, and confiscated the title deeds of more than 800,000 acres of fertile land. Second, the rear is stable, and the soldiers of each battalion can fight with peace of mind.

In this way, the safety and food and clothing of the families of the soldiers have been guaranteed, which not only stabilizes the morale of the army, but also reduces the burden of the people and households, and solves the problem of part of the military rations of the imperial court. ”

"Wonderful!" Zhu Dadian couldn't help but praise, feeling that His Majesty the Emperor was really far-sighted and thoughtful.

"Huguang is the upper reaches of the Yangtze River, the western gateway of the Beijing Division, the terrain is extremely important, the left and the anti-tilting division to the east, so that the defense of Huguang has been very empty, and the rebellion in Sichuan may take the opportunity to send troops to steal and occupy, so it is necessary to immediately send a large army to arrange strict defense.

The towns in Jiangbei can not be moved for the time being, the total number of imperial troops is less than 30,000, and it is still necessary to defend Nanjing, the imperial court is short of major generals, and there are not many troops that can be mobilized to fight a war.

Zhu Aiqing served as the governor of Huguang and the military affairs of Jiangxi, guarding the west gate of the imperial court for me.

However, to be honest, I don't have much confidence to place all the surrendered troops of the six battalions in Huguang, so as not to sit big and raise tigers in the future! Zhu Youhua said bluntly.